[Barr and Sugden, 
SPECIAL NOTICES. 
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I. We have rebuilt and enlarged our Premises to meet the requirements of our increased business, and it 
may interest many of our correspondents to know that we have built a Conservatory on the roof of 
our new warehouse, covering the whole area with glass. This is the first attempt of the kind which 
has been made on a large scale in London, and we are sanguine of success. I hose of our Customers, 
who reside a portion of their time in town, may feel interested in the subject, and are invited to 
inspect the structure At a future time we hope to give woodcuts of the building and the conservatory. 
In the meantime, notices, with woodcuts, will be given in the leading gardening journals, the experiment 
being one of considerable importance, touching the utilization of housetops, in large cities, as an 
elegant and useful finish to buildings. The building, with the conservatory, is the design of Messrs. 
Spalding and Knight, architects, i, Bloomsbury Place. The roof of the conservatory, a combination 
of wood and iron, is the patent of Messrs. Fletcher, Lowndes, and Co., 13a , Great George Street, 
Westminster. 
II. The growth of all seeds is tested by us, and at our Experimental Grounds they are all sampled. 
III. Our Novelty List has, as usual, been carefully compiled. There are in it introductions of sterling 
merit, and doubtless some with pretensions greater than a more intimate acquaintance will warrant. 
IV. The Gladioli List is given in a newly classified form, the result of several consecutive years careful col- 
lating, and again we have omitted many varieties which we consider superseded. 
V. The Lily list we republish with several important additions received from the Himalayas, the Neilg- 
herries, the Sierra Nevada, Japan, etc. The Lilies are correctly named and classified, accoiding to the 
Monograph of J. G. Baker, Esq., and arranged under five heads or groups according to natural 
\structure prima facie. The limits of our space prevent our including the introductory article on the 
JLily, but it will be found at page 25 of our Bulb Catalogue of 1874. 
VI. Our Iris list we have republished on account of the highly decorative character of these plants for the 
margin of lakes, ponds, etc., and as cut flowers ; we have arranged the Iris in natural groups. 
VII. We have quoted a few plants ; such as Double Pyrethrums, Perennial Phloxes, Carnations, Picotees, 
• Sweet-scented Violets, Alpines, Herbaceous Plants, etc. Others will be found in our Bulb Catalogue. 
VII L Carriage is allowed on orders amounting to 21 j. and upwards, to any principal Railway Station in Eng- 
land and Wales, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and to any principal Station on the North British 
Caledonian £md Scottish Central Lines, and to Dublin and Belfast. Also to Cork and Waterford, if 
bv steamboat from London, but only as far as Bristol if by railway, en route for Ireland We prefer 
sending by rail as it is more expeditious, and , therefore , unless otherwise instructed, we shall forward 
via Bristol. 
Carriage to be deducted at settlement in accordance with conditions, Par. VIII. Formerly our custom 
was to pay carriage in London ; but we were compelled to relinquish this practice, in consequence of 
our “ Carriage Paid" packages not being delivered with the same promptitude as those not prepaid ; 
and, also, on account of continual complaints from our customers that they also had to pay carriage 
before they could get the goods. We mention this as the reason why we abandoned a practice followed 
by us for so many years. 
X. Orders which are paid in advance, if in accordance with Par. VIII., can either be sent carriage paid, ora 
liberal equivalent in goods added. The latter course will be adopted unless we are otherwise instructed. 
Seeds quoted by us in the Catalogue as at "per packet," we forward post-paid ; or if sent by rail, 
however small the amount, the carriage can be deducted from the remittance at settlement. 
XI I. No charge is made for packing or package, except in the case of Plants, Seed Potatoes, Asparagus, 
Seakale, and Rhubarb. A small charge is made in these cases for the mat, hamper, etc., and, if 
returned within a fortnight, half-price will be allowed. 
XIII. Fruit and Forest Trees, Shrubs, Plants in Pots, Soils, Watsons Lawn Sand, Wirework Plant Cases 
and Stands, Chapman's Anti-cloche Protectors and " Multum-in-Parvo " Exhibitors Cut Flower Cases, 
Gilbert's Hand Lights, Barr's Portable Cut Flower and Bouquet Transmission Cases, Heated frames, 
Garden Engines and Water Barrows, Flower Boxes, Jardinets, and Terra-Cotta, Rustic, China, and 
Glass goods— on these we do not allow carriage, and the packages are charged. 
X IV, Five per cent, allowed on payments made within one month from date of invoice, and to be deducted 
from the remittance. 
XV. Post Office Orders to be made payable at King-street Post Office, Covent Garden, W.C. All cheques 
to be crossed, adding the words "and Co." Small amounts may be paid in Postage Stamps ; when 
convenient, however, it is safer to take out a Post Office Order, the charge for which, if under ior., 
is now reduced to r d. 
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FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NOTICES. 
To insure attention, orders must be accompanied with a remittance, a draft, or an " order to pay, on a 
London agent. The remittance must be sufficient to cover expense of cases, and also of carriage, 
when the freight is required to be paid in advance. 
Seeds can now be dispatched to India, in hermetically sealed cases, through the Indian Parcels Post, 
at the rate of if. 4 d. per lb., and also at the same rate in waterproof bags by the ordinary mail. 
Our Indian customers are invited to notify by which service they wish their postal parcels sent. 
In shipping plants to India, great care is exercised by us in selecting, preparing, and properly packing 
the same, and our consignments have, on the whole, been very successful. Still, there are so ma y 
contingencies, that we cannot, in any way, hold ourselves responsible for the condition in which t 
plants reach their destination. 
XIX. Our successful shipments of seeds to India have led to several of the Indian Agricultural and Horti- 
cultural Societies entrusting us with the execution of their orders for distribution amongst the memoers. 
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